ET&F Panelfast pins earn new ICC-ES evaluation report

Pins comply with 2015, 2012 and 2009 IBC and IRC.

ET&F Fastening Systems, Inc. has received evaluation report ESR-1777 from ICC Evaluation service confirming its Panelfast pneumatically driven pins comply with the code requirements of the 2015, 2012 and 2009 International Building Codes (IBC) and International Residential Codes (IRC).

The new evaluation report recognizes Panelfast pins used to attach wood structural panel sheathing to cold-formed steel framing to construct shear wall assemblies used to resist wind or seismic loads. The report provides engineers, architects and building officials with design values for shear wall assemblies along with equations to enable calculation of deflections as required in the building codes. This report is the result of full scale shear wall testing at an accredited laboratory as required by ICC ES Acceptance Criteria.

The company’s pneumatic tools operate using conventional portable air compressors enabling the high carbon heat treated pins to be driven into steel framing as thick as 14ga at the speed of nailing to wood.

CONTRACTOR SUPPLY MAGAZINE

Our February/March 2018 issue is here — in print and our new digital format for our online readers! This issue features our cover story on Colony Hardware's aggressive growth model of acquisition and recruitment. Now with 23 branches and counting, Colony is building big scale with a small company feel.